Fukushima Three Years On

Mar 11, 2014 4:08 pm JST

Three years after suffering one of the world’s worst nuclear accidents, the Fukushima Daiichi compound remains a menacing challenge for the operator and regulators. Although the immediate danger of further meltdowns is past, Fukushima Daiichi continues to leak radiation—particularly through water—and the damaged reactors are still too heavily contaminated to enter.